Earthquakes in The Last 100 Years With Magnitude > 7.0 –
Description-
Students use the Earthquakes data in their handout to create a database showing Western States earthquakes with a magnitude of > 7.0 in the past 100 years. Use the charts options in MS Excel to generate a 3D column chart based on the data in the handout. Students must show data value by using the “labels” option from their “Toolbox”.
They then copy and paste the chart to an MS Word file (shown in the example). They need to use standard reporting page set-up with a header, title and indented paragraphs with 1.5-2 line spacing. They must write an introductory paragraph, show the data table, and write a summary paragraph that extrapolates and describes at least 2 pieces of data shown in the table.
Reflection-
This project I took data off a piece of paper and put it into excel as a table. After it was in a table I turned the table into a 3D column chart. I added labels on them so people could see the values. When I was done with that I put it into word and wrote a little about what I made. After that I saved it as a PDF and then uploaded it to my site. I think I did pretty good for one of the first times I’ve used excel!